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The Europeans is part of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous novels and short stories.
It is one of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous short stories and novels.
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The Europeans by Henry James is often praised for its elegant prose and insightful contrast between European and American cultures. Reviewers appreciate James's skill in character development and his exploration of societal norms and morals, acknowledging his unique style and contribution to literature, akin to the singularity of Shakespeare in poetry.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780141441405
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 March 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Edited by Andrew Taylor
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 172g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Henry James was born in 1843 in New York City. He attended schoold in New York and later in London, Paris and Geneva, entering the Law School in Harvard in 1862. In 1865 he began to contribute reviews and short stories to American journals. In 1875 he settled for a year in Paris, where he met Flaubert, Turgenev and other literary figures. The next year he moved to London, but in 1898 he left to live at Lamb House, Rye, Sussex. Henry James became an English citizen in 1915, and died in 1916. He wrote about twenty novels, mong which we remember Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl. Andrew Taylor is a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Henry James and the Father Question (2002) and co-editor of The Afterlife of John Brown (2005). He is also co-editor of the Edinburgh Series in Transatlantic Studies, published by Edinburgh University Press.
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